Movies: Hikaru Yamanouchi

  • 1939
    Warm Current

    Warm Current (1939)

    Warm Current

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    Adaptation of Kishida Kunio's novel. Set against the backdrop of a power struggle within a hospital, depicts the love lives of the director's daughter, the administrative director, a doctor, and a nurse....

    Warm Current
  • 1934
    Street Without End

    Street Without End (1934)

    Street Without End

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    Mikio Naruse’s final silent film is a gloriously rich portrait of a waitress, Sugiko, whose life, despite a host of male admirers and even some intrigued movie talent scouts, ends up taking a suffocatingly domestic turn after a wealthy businessman ac...

    Street Without End
  • 1937
    The Lights of Asakusa

    The Lights of Asakusa (1937)

    The Lights of Asakusa

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    Pre-war Asakusa was a riotous district of cabarets, dance-halls and brothels - a striking backdrop for Shimazu's story of innocence and experience. Pretty, young Reiko is the new dancer in an infamous theatre troupe, and her fellow performers try to ...

    The Lights of Asakusa
  • 1936
    Family Meeting

    Family Meeting (1936)

    Family Meeting

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    A melodrama about a businessman's relations with the three women in his life....

    Family Meeting
  • 1936
    The New Road: Akemi

    The New Road: Akemi (1936)

    The New Road: Akemi

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    The eldest daughter of a noble family is in love with an aviator while being courted by a fellow aristocrat she thinks is a dullard. This part is told from the perspective of Akemi....

    The New Road: Akemi
  • 1948
    The Most Beautiful Day of My Life

    The Most Beautiful Day of My Life (1948)

    The Most Beautiful Day of My Life

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    Life and love in corrupt postwar Tokyo, as a young couple struggles against both the law and the mob....

    The Most Beautiful Day of My Life
  • 1936
    The New Road: Ryota

    The New Road: Ryota (1936)

    The New Road: Ryota

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    The eldest daughter of a noble family is in love with an aviator while being courted by a fellow aristocrat she thinks is a dullard. Told from the perspective of Ryota. In this second part, we learn that Akemi is pregnant......

    The New Road: Ryota
  • 1935
    Okoto and Sasuke

    Okoto and Sasuke (1935)

    Okoto and Sasuke

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    A period piece about the love of a wealthy blind woman, a teacher of koto and shamisen, and her devoted manservant. Based on a novella by Tanizaki Junichiro....

    Okoto and Sasuke
  • 1939
    Lovers' Duet

    Lovers' Duet (1939)

    Lovers' Duet

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    Melodrama about a talented singer who finally makes her debut...

    Lovers' Duet
  • 1935
    Mother's Love Letter

    Mother's Love Letter (1935)

    Mother's Love Letter

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    Domestic comedy involving a strong wife and a "henpecked" husband taking place in a family-run judo school....

    Mother's Love Letter
  • 1932
    Passion

    Passion (1932)

    Passion

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    Film by Hiroshi Shimizu, featuring an early role for frequent Ozu and Naruse collaborator Hideko Takamine....

    Passion
  • 1938
    Hotaru no hikari

    Hotaru no hikari (1938)

    Hotaru no hikari

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    Approaching their graduation ceremony, Saegusa, Sanae, and their classmates go on an overnight trip to Hakone with their teacher Ms. Kawahara, who will soon leave school. They thank her doing so and go on their respective paths, ending soon their stu...

    Hotaru no hikari
  • 1936
    Housewife Camellia

    Housewife Camellia (1936)

    Housewife Camellia

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    The narrative is about a woman who faces hard times, when her husband is arrested for a crime committed by his boss. The woman also has a child to look after, and they end up meeting several colorful personalities....

    Housewife Camellia
  • 1934
    Osayo koisugata

    Osayo koisugata (1934)

    Osayo koisugata

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    The poor novelist Yamamoto is writing his novel, determined and with a headband around his head. With him, the novelist who is always in trouble paying his bills, is the girl Saya who becomes the model for his novel. Saya however is in love with a yo...

    Osayo koisugata
  • 1930
    Reijin

    Reijin (1930)

    Reijin

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    Reijin
  • 1931
    ABC Lifeline

    ABC Lifeline (1931)

    ABC Lifeline

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    Directed by Yasujirô Shimazu....

    ABC Lifeline
  • 1926
    A Mermaid on Land

    A Mermaid on Land (1926)

    A Mermaid on Land

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    Directed by Yutaka Abe (as Jack Abe)....

    A Mermaid on Land